Giorgio De Vincenzi

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Giorgio De Vincenzi
Comune di Bologna

Giorgio De Vincenzi (1884–1965), was an Italian painter and

etcher. He was a versatile artist, using diverse techniques and specialised in landscapes and portraiture.[1]

Short biography and analysis

Born in

Jewish artist Roberto Melli and painter-poet Filippo De Pisis.[2]

His artistic production is well known nationally and is mostly dedicated to landscapes and female portraits. However, in his first artistic phase, De Vincenzi liked to paint his hometown's gardens and medieval walls, ideally anticipating the setting of

Vittorio de Sica.[3]

Around 1928-1929 De Vincenzi moved to Bologna, where he died in 1965, after a lifetime of painting outside the contemporary parametres of the first half of the 20th century – in fact, De Vincenzi was not influenced by the various and changing currents of the period, but affirmed his own pictorial personality and experimented with new techniques.[3][4]

His landscapes were well received by Italian art critics, and praised for their chromatic contrasts and poetic tones. His style was at times compared to

Van Gogh's and Utrillo's, but with a specifically idiosyncratic trait.[5]

Personal exhibitions

  • 1921. Galleria Vinciana, Milan.
  • 1923. Galleria Borgonovo, Milan.
  • 1925. Galleria Geri, Milan.
  • 1926. Bottega della Poesia, Milan - presented by Carlo Carrà.
  • 1943. Gallery of Rome di Roma. Rome.
  • 1952. Galleria Puccini, Ancona.
  • 1953-54. Sindacato Belle Arti, Bologna.
  • 1955-56. Chamber of Commerce, Ferrara.
  • 1957. Circolo Artistico, Bologna.

His works are permanently exhibited at the Modern Art Gallery of Bologna; Municipal Palace of Ferrara; Chamber of Commerce of Ferrara; Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara; Museum of the Book of Brussels; Gabinetto delle Stampe e Disegni del Museo di Storia dell'Arte of the University of Pisa, and owned by many private collectors.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cf. Atmosfere ferraresi. Retrieved 16 November 2012
  2. Comune di Bologna: "Assessorato alla Cultura" (June 1974), pp. 2-6. Melli later had to interrupt his artistic activities during Fascism, due to the Italian racial
    laws; he resumed his career after the war.
  3. ^ a b Cf. Atmosfere ferraresi, cit.. Retrieved 16 November 2012
  4. Comune di Bologna, Culture & Art, June 1974. His paintings were often exhibited together with Bolognese artist Guglielmo Pizzirani at Palazzo d'Accursio
    .
  5. Comune di Bologna, June 1974; journalist and critic Roberto Vitali, on the newspaper l'Unità
    , 14 June 1974, p. 11 - on occasion of De Vincenzi's posthumous personale at the Art Gallery of Palazzo Galvani, Bologna: 7–23 June 1974.
  6. ^ Cf. AA. VV., Giorgio De Vincenzi, cit., pp. 2-6 & passim.
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